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Select Board hears that transfer station permitting has pushed timeline out 6–9 months
Summary
Town building committee reported a schematic estimate of about $14.25 million for the new transfer station (excluding A/E services) and said DEP-required rework—another traffic study and operational questions—has extended permitting and could create a short-term capacity gap the town is seeking to mitigate.
At the Aug. 4 meeting the building committee reported that schematic design for the town's transfer station is approximately $14,250,000, excluding architectural and engineering services that have been partly funded at town meeting. Committee members told the select board that state permitting (DEP) required additional detail, including a revised traffic study and operational clarifications, and that the extra review has pushed the schedule out roughly six to nine months.
Asa Mintz, the committee's operations manager, said the delay could create a temporary overlap in which the town would lack full transfer-station capacity for several months. He said the committee is working with DEP and planning contingency options to avoid regional capacity loss and emphasized that the town does not want to appear presumptuous by bringing the project warrant to town meeting before permits are in hand. The committee expects to refine the estimate and begin the capital process with hopes of placing the article on a fall town meeting warrant.
Why it matters: a prolonged permitting timeline could disrupt trash and recycling operations regionally and increase costs or require temporary hauling arrangements; the board asked staff to continue contingency planning and to refine cost estimates ahead of any capital request.
